A New Digital Tool for Adding More Trust Into Event Marketing

LinkedIn has begun rolling out a new feature called “Collaborative Posts” that allows up to five people (or LinkedIn Pages) to collaborate on a public post. For event marketers, the opportunity goes beyond expanding reach. Collaborative Posts could also help add something increasingly difficult to manufacture: credibility.

In 2025, diversity speaker and consultant Risha Grant lost most of the business that it had taken her three decades to build. Grant founded her own online platform to deliver her message. Photo courtesy Risha Grant

DEI Under Pressure

Political backlash and potential legal action continue to be a concern for organizations whose events fall under a DEI umbrella. Here’s what to know from a legal standpoint and how one DEI speaker whose business was decimated is moving forward.

Business acquaintances embracing at a business meeting

AI Is Making Human Connection More Valuable

Two different Convene Podcast conversations recorded months apart, one with future-of-work researchers Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer and another with AI strategist Álvaro Meléndez, arrived at a similar conclusion: As AI accelerates information abundance, it only makes the value of live events, trust, and human connection more pronounced.

In the ECR 2026 entrance hall, a towering sculpture of Athena, the Greek goddess of reason and wisdom, welcomed attendees; behind her, the venue’s polySTAGE, a staging installation made up of 52 LED panels, beckoned with an immersive atmosphere of ancient Greek architecture and mythological figures.

An Immersive Learning Experience for Physician Attendees

The European Congress of Radiology’s 2026 annual meeting used its venue’s built-in 3D and LED capabilities to to bring ancient Greek mythology — and the program’s “Rays of Knowledge” theme — to life.

At sessions led by the artist Adam Rosendahl, attendees write and draw directly on butcher-paper covered tables, in conversation with others.

The Art of Connecting

How Adam Rosendahl’s Late Nite Art workshops use storytelling, music, and drawing to help attendees break down barriers, connect in new ways and unleash creativity.

"Searchlight Rays" by Karen Amanda Harris was part of the 2025 Bridges exhibit.

Factoring Art Into Meeting Design

Two conferences — the Joint Mathematics Meetings and Bridges — help mathematicians explore the connection between math and art.

A group of diverse young people laughing together outside

Why ‘Belonging Is Not Downloaded, It Is Experienced’

Cultural strategist José Luis Piñeiro explains why live events, once considered communication tools, are becoming something much bigger — “behavioral architecture” that shapes belonging, identity, and collective meaning.

'One lesson from NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit is that milestones should be designed as experiences, not simply announced as themes.'

Make Milestone Moments Matter

Five events industry experts share how to plan your organization’s milestone, like a significant anniversary, so it honors the past while pointing the way toward the future.

As he spoke onstage at AOTA's 2026 annual meeting, J.R. Martinez was surprised onstage by Kim, who had been his occupational therapist.

What ‘All the Feels’ Means for Meetings

The recent opening keynote of the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo was a master class in how to make an authentic emotional connection with the audience — and came as a complete surprise to the speaker.

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